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backed
[ bakt ]
adjective
a low-backed sofa.
- (of fabric) having an extra set of threads in either the warp or the weft to provide added warmth. Compare double cloth.
- Photography. (of a film or plate) coated with a substance for absorbing light and thereby reducing halation.
backed
/ æ /
adjective
- having a back or backing
- ( in combination )
black-backed
high-backed
Other Word Forms
- - adjective
- ɱ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
At the same time judges, backed by the higher courts, have removed the right of protestors to claim they had a "lawful excuse" for their actions in the vast majority of protest cases.
Stocks surged after President Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days.
Trump’s release of the files is backed by the senator’s son Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long believed there may have been a second gunman.
Jersey's politicians backed the principle of legalising assisted dying in 2021.
They have backed calls to technology firms that parents should be able to gain access to information on the phones of children who have died, despite arguments about privacy.
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